Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 968933 search inquires.

Selected title: Type Coin
Explanation: A 'type' coin is a representative example of a particular coin series, but not one of the rarest and most valuable specimens from that series. It is usually one of the more common dates

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54669 13.82%
Silver Clad 31693 8.01%
Coin Silver 23787 6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22647 5.72%
BN 22194 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21358 5.40%
RB 20573 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17799 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17430 4.41%
Reeded Edge 16521 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16469 4.16%
PQ 15318 3.87%
Rarity 15234 3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15148 3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15091 3.81%
Incuse 14320 3.62%
Coin drop 14052 3.55%
High Relief 13994 3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13591 3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13310 3.36%